White-collar prisoners of the corporate office will recognize themselves in this very funny, Austin-lensed movie.

Film ReviewFebruary 19, 1999, by Marjorie Baumgarten

"...A frightening number of people are going to recognize themselves in this movie: white-collar prisoners of the corporate office place -- knowledge workers and computer programmers and paper-shuffling desk jockeys who haven't become victims of downsizing so much as they have become victims of the cubicizing of the American workplace. OfficeSpace is a movie whose battlegrounds will be familiar turf to any modern office worker..."

Next time Dad suggests the family all pile into the space camper and head out for a 10-year jaunt to another galaxy, just look the old man in the eye...

Film ReviewApril 10, 1998, by Marjorie Baumgarten

"...Starring: Gary Oldman, William Hurt, Matt Leblanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert, Jack Johnson and Jared Harris. Next time Dad suggests the family all pile into the space camper and head out for a 10-year jaunt to another galaxy, just look the old man in the eye and tell him to cool his jets: The family that flies together, dies together..."

This animated, sci-fi romantic comedy starring anthropomorphized chimpanzees is a lot funnier than you might expect.

Film ReviewJuly 25, 2008, by Marc Savlov

"...Directed by: Kirk De Micco. With an insipidly generic title like Space Chimps, you might expect something along the lines of a Sid & Marty Krofft production, or possibly some sort of The Three Stooges meets Planet of the Apes meets Bob Ray's Ape Sh!t gambit – anything but the frequently laugh-out-loud snarkiness of this (admittedly) uneven but far from awful take on, um, chimps in space..."

Mike Judge and cast celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the release of OfficeSpace

DAILY ScreensFebruary 11, 2009, by Marjorie Baumgarten

"...Here's a twist on the old Zen brain-teaser: When a piece of office equipment falls in the city does it make a sound? The answer is a resounding yes if it it occurs in front of the Paramount Theatre just prior to the 10-year anniversary celebration of the release of OfficeSpace, Mike Judge's hilarious send-up of cubicle culture. I couldn't see what was happening through the multi-ringed throng of people surrounding the sidewalk sacrifice, but the sound of smashing metal and punctured plastic was unmistakable..."

"...Even in full-tilt-forward growth mode, Austin values its natural places. As infill development heats up and the central city densifies, neighborhood parks  and their protected green spaces  become an increasingly precious part of Austin's urban fabric...."

"...Where are you? A simple question, usually answered simply: at the office, in a traffic jam, on the couch. Most of the time, such responses serve the purpose - locating us in a general way - but what if you took it further, really sought to define your position in space, your relationship to your surroundings? Think about your body, the angle of each limb, which parts of you are making contact with other surfaces and which ones are surrounded by air..."

"..."When it says director," Horn says, "it'll just say Super!Alright!" They're also developing 3-D visual projection behind bands and a video blog with local blogger the Austinist. Having rented a space on the Eastside, they've spent the last seven months renovating it into a first-rate office and production studio..."

"...Only now, in
the post-Freeport era, do we wonder whether 30 miles of buildout would be
desirable even if it didn't degrade the landscape, whether the Save Our Springs
(SOS) ordinance is better understood as a growth referendum than as an
environmental initiative. San Jose sees the eco-dimension of its growth limits,
having established a perimeter open-space reserve called the Greenline..."

Mexic-Arte blazed a trail in Texas by making a place for Mexican culture in a museum

Arts StoryAugust 14, 2009, by Belinda Acosta

"...The call to value, treasure, examine, and keep starts with the claiming of space. For artists Sylvia Orozco, Pio Pulido, and Sam Coronado, the 300 square feet they claimed in 1984 to house Galería Mexico, the first incarnation of Mexic-Arte, in the former Arts Warehouse at 300 San Antonio, must have seemed quaint if not outright foolhardy to the more traditional institutions..."

"...Thirty-two years after its American release, Luigi Cozzi's epic space opera (and, yes, Star Wars riff-off) Starcrash has finally found a home outside of Cozzi's résumé and the hearts and minds of those who caught the film on the big screen way back when. As part of its ongoing and ambitious Roger Corman's Cult Classics collection, Shout! Factory has released Starcrash in a spectacular double-disc collector's edition featuring a gorgeously remastered, anamorphic wide-screen transfer, complete with a lengthy commentary by Austin screenwriter, novelist, and self-described "Crasher" Stephen Romano (see "Shock and Awesomeness," Oct..."

You weren't invited to the company picnic again, and the cruel, cautionary yellow of that "visitor" badge has worn a sizable hole in your hope, not to mention your résumé. Where to go? What to do? FairJobs.org, for starters.

Mike Judge, the writer/director of OfficeSpace, mines the workplace for more satiric comedy.

Film ReviewSeptember 4, 2009, by Marjorie Baumgarten

"...Finally, one of Judge’s live-action movies is the recipient of a wide theatrical release and a full-court marketing push. The success of his animated Beavis and Butt-Head Do America was followed by the disappointing theatrical run of OfficeSpace (which grew into a cult favorite only after its release on home video) and the virtual dumping of his bleak and underproduced comedy Idiocracy in 2006..."

"...One of North Central Austin's brownfield sites could become Austin's next big mixed-use development. The plan to revamp 66 acres of officespace near the Domain jumped a major hurdle on April 12 when City Council gave preliminary approval to change the zoning for the IBM Broadmoor Campus at 11501 Burnet Rd..."

Mike Judge's underrated comedy Idiocracy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.

Film ReviewSeptember 8, 2006, by Marjorie Baumgarten

"...But no, in Idiocracy the president of the United States is a former smackdown champ (Crews), who rules over a country that has grown so stupid as to know nothing about growing crops or dealing with garbage. Judge has always had an impeccable ear for satirizing modern American stupidity, be it with the Beavis and Butt-head cartoons, OfficeSpace, or King of the Hill..."

"...Even those at the top of the corporate ladder tend to see their moral compasses go haywire in this new age of Corporations = People. Written by Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn and helmed by Wolf Creek’s Greg McLean, The Belko Experiment is a twisted, surreal, and extremely violent “What if?” answer to Mike Judge’s forever classic OfficeSpace..."

"...The long-awaited takeover of the National Guard Armory by Austin Studios finally happens this October, and the Austin Film Society already has very specific plans for the space – plans they believe will attract big productions and nurture local talent...."

"...After just a year on the job, Bucklin turned in his lab coat, and Bayardo was hired to take over as the fledgling office's chief  and only  pathologist. "When [Bucklin] took the job, the Commissioners Court said, 'We're going to give you more money [and] more officespace,'" Bayardo recalled in a recent interview..."

"...Rachel McGruder and I used to work in the same office, but
for "different companies." The preceding quotations are necessary because the
"different companies," (SXSW and the Austin Chronicle) were at the time, highly intermingled
- so intermingled in fact, that we literally shared the same officespace...."

A shy office drone orders a life-sized plastic doll off the Internet, to predictably disastrous results.

Film ReviewMay 7, 2004, by Marc Savlov

"...Parigi’s film has huge fistfuls of possibility, but he squanders what could have been an interesting storyline about the pitfalls of expectation, romance, and 21st-century dating rituals on obvious, less-than-thrilling twists that by the end leave Love Object little more than a blood-splattered Bride of the Monster. There are some things to appreciate here, chief among them Harrington’s performance as the schmo from hell, and cinematographer Sidney Sidell’s way with fluorescent lighting (we’ve seen few films that have captured the will-sapping anti-ambience of an ill-lit officespace better than this one), but in the end, even genre stalwart Udo Kier (Blade) ends up being wasted in a bit role as Kenneth’s prying landlord..."

"...With Wall Street analysts clucking their tongues in dismay in the economy's darkest hour, publicly owned Cousins Properties moved full-speed ahead on this project. The Atlanta-based real estate investment trust is still going great guns, but with no sign of an economic rebound on the horizon, the job of filling all 524,000 square feet of leasable officespace will take longer than anticipated..."

"...We invited local nonprofits to send us lists of all the things they need to be able to serve our community with the impact to which we are accustomed. As always, we have edited these lists as space dictates, and we encourage you to call your intended benefactor(s) for the details on what specific kinds/brands/sizes of things are needed (especially with regard to tech specs on computer and other electronic systems)..."

"...Back in early 1990, Mike Judge -- who who finally gravitated toward his early love of animation and filmmaking after working as an engineer for a government contractor and later as a musician in Dallas -- created a series of shorts featuring the nebbishy character of Milton, a corporate prole firmly saddled to the angst-cart. Those shorts ("OfficeSpace," "Huh?," and "The Honkey Problem") were picked up for airing by a then-comedically challenged Saturday Night Live, and later, in the wake of the unexpectedly wild success of his MTV series, The Beavis and Butt-head Show, these early shorts provided the grist for Judge's live-action feature film directing debut...."

"...I suppose everyone else thought so, too, because before I arrived that first morning Sidney Brammer concocted a desk from a couple of milk crates and a long 2x4 just wide enough to place a telephone on. With a metal folding chair parked behind it, this shabby sight was the first thing a visitor would see after braving his or her way down the long, dark, filthy corridor that led to our 16th Street officespace -- of course, that was after the visitor had screwed up the courage to enter the unmarked warehouse building and risk possible injury getting up to the second floor by means of either a narrow, rickety staircase or a wooden service elevator that looked like it had been installed around the time of the Lincoln inaugural...."

"...This early Eighties rendering by architects Sinclair Black and Andrew Vernooy depicts a proposed Municipal Office Complex with City Hall, in the background, fronted by a full block of public space facing the First Street bridge. That changed in 1972 when, as Richard Nixon was meeting Chou En-Lai, Austinites debated a proposal for a 16-block Convention/Civic Center, including a City Hall, again at the foot of Congress Avenue and overlapping today's Annex site..."

"...After 12 years, King of the Hill is nearing its final episode, but Mike Judge fans can find an easygoing and sublimely Hank Hill-esque denouement via the Austin filmmaker's new theatrical release, Extract. Judge initially wrote the script – which parallels and expands on many of the working-class themes of King of the Hill – in the wake of 1999's now-legendary OfficeSpace, then set it aside to work on 2006's cultural crystal ball Idiocracy..."

Neighbors say ARA's development plans for East 11th Street would clash with existing homes and businesses, including the historic Victory Grill

News StorySeptember 5, 2008, by Lee Nichols

"...ARA's plans for Block 18, as outlined in a May 27 letter to the council and city manager, include a 66,000-square-foot, four-story mixed-use building; a three-story apartment building in which all 24 to 36 units are affordable at 40-60% of median family income; the rehabilitation of the house once known as the East Room, formerly a historic nightclub; and underground parking, including 58 free public parking spaces. The required changes to the URP and NCCD would include increasing allowable height limits and floor-area ratios (the amount of total square footage combining all floors vs..."

"...Lists are still coming in as we go to press. As always, we have edited these lists as space dictates, and we encourage you to call your intended benefactee(s) for the details on what specifics kinds/brands/sizes of things they need..."

"...While controversy swirls around the city's other apartment plan, Post is quietly developing a unique project just around the corner. The 250-unit residential complex might include a ground floor with "flex space." That is, retail shops with the proprietor's apartment just above..."

"...IX. Nick Barbaro: "Thirty-five years ago this summer, on what may have been July 9, The Austin Chronicle moved into our first office, sharing space with the sorta-famous art collective known as Sheauxnough Studios...."

"...Of course, if those efforts are successful, new employers will come in to absorb the 22% of Austin's Class A officespace that now stands vacant, and to hire the 30,000 or so recently unemployed Austinites. At which point the cost advantages cited in the Boyd study -- basically, cheaper labor and rent -- may evaporate.Back to the Future In any event, Austin's new and unwelcome status as an expensive place to live -- the cost-of-living data in Fact No..."

"...nearly everything it asked for, to lure the company downtown. Now, in the wake of the Nasdaq crash, CSC is faced with a whittled-down workforce and a surplus of lakefront officespace that it wants to lease to outside tenants..."

Critics say older case gives ammo against AMD, but city staff say they are apples and oranges

News StoryDecember 16, 2005, by Amy Smith

"...But City Manager Toby Futrell says it's not that simple. The word "retail" written on the initial site plan documents was actually shorthand for "general retail," which allows for the inclusion of officespace, she said..."

"...On May 14, Programming Director Ivan Lozano announced on the group's official site that "Due to the loss of support from our biggest contributor, and the loss of our officespace, we are financially unable to continue bringing you the very best in moving-image art." Lozano added, "Hopefully we can rise again, but we can't promise anything. We are going into a (semi-permanent) hibernation."..."

Computer Sciences Corporation prepares to sign a contract with the city to develop on three blocks of lakeside land.

News StoryFebruary 11, 2000, by Kevin Fullerton

"...The agreement in question, a complicated partnership between the city and CSC which will raise not only three office buildings but a new City Hall, public plaza, and 80,000 square feet of retail space, is a legal behemoth full of details infinitely more complex than anyone imagined they would be, according to Nathan Schneider, the city official coordinating the development. While some downtown watchers have been kicking and screaming for CSC's intentions to be nailed down on paper, Schneider insists that the company had reached the point of no return long before the Lunch was toppled..."

"...CSC's property taxes alone for that location will total over $700,000, several orders of financial magnitude larger than the comparative Lunch money from the city's previous tenant. There will also be retail space on the ground floors of each building, from which the city will collect more tax revenue..."

"...Lists are still coming in as we go to press. We edit these lists as space dictates and encourage you to research the details on what specific kinds/brands/sizes of things are needed (especially regarding tech specs)..."

"...If you live in Austin and happen to love theatre, dance, classical music, or opera, that action means a lot. Heading north, it means you're moving toward the city's performing arts treasure trove -- some two dozen spaces of all sizes and ages and uses, from the tiny, 80-seat Hyde Park Theatre to the massive, 3,000-seat Bass Concert Hall, from the turn-of-the-century jewel that is the Paramount Theatre to the recently reclaimed barn that is Planet Theatre..."

"...Each year, The Austin Chronicle invites local nonprofits to submit lists of the things they need to serve our community. We edit these as space dictates and encourage you to research the details on what specific kinds/brands/sizes/conditions of things are needed (some are legal mandates, so please do call ahead to make sure your gift is appropriate)..."

"...Terry Keel – is considering a long-term, statewide "asset management strategy" that could include partnering with the private sector to redevelop the Capitol complex. The proposal could consolidate state offices currently in leased space across Travis County into new development on the Capitol complex's 122 state-owned acres...."

"...OfficeSpace D: Mike Judge (1999); with Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Stephen Root, Diedrich Bader. Yesterday, Ken Lieck and I stood in the hall, chatting about the brilliance of OfficeSpace, wondering why its reputation isn't greater. We both admitted to having watched it several times in the last few weeks..."

"...To give the project wings, the city's Neighborhood Housing and Conservation
Office (NHCO) committed to renting two-thirds of the officespace when the
project began in 1991. The act of goodwill won the EADC -- the development arm
of the Ebenezer Baptist Church -- a key development loan from Texas Commerce
Bank..."

"...The concept offers an officespace that could be used by the community, ground-floor shell space for retail, open space, a rain garden, and, potentially, space for affordable housing. And, Johnson said, the open space behind the potential affordable housing could be used by children when it isn't being used to store road maintenance materials for weather emergencies (i.e..."